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* SOLEAU SOFTWARE PRESENTS *
Alpha Man
(1.1)
Program by William Soleau
Version 1.1 (c) 1992
Requirements: EGA and Brain Power
Hard Disk Recommended
FILES needed: Alphaman.ov0 Alphaman.ov5
Alphaman.ov1 Alphaman.ov6
Alphaman.ov2 Alphaman.ov7
Alphaman.ov3 Alphaman.jft
Alphaman.ov4
Welcome to Alpha Man. This game will test your problem solving
abilities, as you try to solve 25 word puzzles.
OBJECTIVE
The object of the game is quite simple. Each puzzle has the
letters for the word located somewhere on the 7 x 11 grid
board. Each letter is contained in a block which when pushed
by your man, (Alpha Man), will slide in that direction until
it either hits the side of the grid board or another block.
The objective is to push all the letter blocks onto the
corresponding letters that are located somewhere else on the
game board.
PERSONAL SCORE CARDS
When playing the game for the first time, the program will ask
you to create your own personal score card. There can be up to
five individual player cards. These personal score cards will
keep track of your number of moves and attempts for each
word puzzle. When you solve a puzzle, it will be recorded as
*SOLVED* on your score card. If you have solved that puzzle
with the least amount of moves on record, then your initials and
scores for that word puzzle will be entered on the Best Scores
List.
ALPHA MAN & THE MASTER BLOCK
You control Alpha Man by using the arrow keys. There is one Green
Block called the Master Block for each puzzle. This block does
not slide when pushed, it will move only one grid at a time when
pushed by Alpha Man. This Master Block can be positioned so that
the letter blocks, when pushed, will slide into it and can then be
strategically positioned into the right places on the grid board.
The concept is very easy, yet the actual solving of each puzzle
is quite difficult as you will soon discover.
KEYS & SOLUTIONS & TAKE BACK MOVE
To get you started, I have provided the solutions to the first 5
puzzle words. If you select one of the first 5 words, you can see
Alpha Man solve the puzzle for you by pressing the s<O>lution
button. Some might consider this cheating, but perhaps by
letting Alpha Man solve puzzle #1, you can see how the game
is played. I have also included a take back move for those times
when you make a mistake that make the puzzle impossible to solve.
This take back move records only the last move made, so if you make
a mistake and want to take back your last move, then immediately
push the <T>ake back key. This too, could be called cheating but
it's up to you whether or not you want to use it.
All the Key Definitions are shown on the screen at all times.
They are as follows:
MAIN MENU KEYS
<I>nstructions
<C>hange Players Allows you to change players and score cards.
<B>est Scores Shows the Best Scores for the Word Puzzle
<Q>uit Alpha Man
* NOTE WINDOWS USERS *
Running Alpha Man under Windows may cause unexpected results
The game should be played by loading it directly from
the Dos prompt.
╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Soleau Software Games can be found ║
║ on most Bulletin Boards by searching ║
║ with Keyword: SOLEAU ║
║ ║
║ * SOLEAU SOFTWARE * ║
║ ║
║ Compuserve : 70407,1730 ║
║ America Online: Soleau ║
║ Delphi: Soleau ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝
* SOLEAU SOFTWARE *
This game is distributed as Shareware and may be passed along
to your friends or local BBS. A registration fee of $12.00 is
requested if you find this game is a worthy addition to your
game collection. This registration will not only speed up the
loading and exiting of the program, but will also provide you
with an additional 25 word puzzles and the solutions to all 50!
Register Alpha Man and become a Soleau Software Member! All
members receive special discounts on our other games through
special bonus offers sent with your disk. Members also have the
option to include $6.00 for our Member Game Pack containing
EIGHT of Soleau Software's most popular Shareware games!
Please See the Alph_reg.doc or the closing screen for details.
Soleau Software is committed to the Shareware concept and to
bringing the consumer quality software at reasonable prices.
If you enjoy our games, please show your support of us through
your registration. Your support of our products allows us to
continue producing our logic games as Shareware.
We at Soleau Software thank you for your support and hope you
will continue to enjoy this as well as our other Shareware
products.
Sincerely,
William Soleau
President
Soleau Software
163 Amsterdam Ave
Suite 213
NYC, NY. 10023
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